Maternal and child health
Subtitle: global challenges, programs, and policies
By: John Ehiri, editor ; foreword by Paul Garner
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 582
ISBN-13: 9780387892443; 9780387892450
Subjects: Kind; Medical policy; Maternal Welfare; Healthcare Disparities; Teenagers; Mutter; Health Policy; Women's Health; Medical care; Maternal and infant welfare; Child Welfare; Gesundheitsförderung; Developing Countries
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: A history of international cooperation in maternal and child health --; title: Global burden of disease among women, children, and adolescents --; title: Promotion of global perinatal health --; title: Maternal and child health in the organization for economic cooperation and development (OECD) countries --; title: Health system impacts on maternal and child health --; title: The environment and maternal child health --; title: Impact of wars and conflict on maternal and child health --; title: The impact of globalization on maternal and child health --; title: Gender equity: perspectives on maternal and child health --; title: Harmful traditional practices and women's health: female genital mutilation --; title: Abortion and postabortion care --; title: Malaria in women and children --; title: The global burden of childhood diarrhea --; title: Tuberculosis in childhood and pregnancy --; title: Impact of HIV on the health of women, children, and families in less developed countries --; title: Malnutrition and maternal and child health --; title: The global burden of obstetric fistulas --; title: Health challenges for women, children, and adolescents with disabilities --; title: Unintentional injuries in children --; title: Evidence-based maternal and child health --; title: A global perspective on teen pregnancy --; title: Progress and challenges in making pregnancy safer: a global perspective --; title: Global immunization challenge: progress and opportunities --; title: Adolescent health --; title: The global burden of child maltreatment --; title: Children in difficult circumstances --; title: Integrated management of childhood illness --; title: Planning, development, and maintenance of the MCH workforce --; title: An agenda for child health policy in developing countries.